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100
When a fox builds a den, it is demonstrating A. instinct. B. dominant traits. C. a physical trait. D. environmental influences.
What is A. instinct.
100
Which of the following is true of mountains? A. They are built up by waves. B. They are built up by water carrying sediment away. C. They are built up when plates push together. D. They are made by rivers cutting through land
What is C. They are built up when plates push together.
100
Copper is to conductor as A. a magnet is to an electromagnet B. charge is to static electricity C. switch is to circuit D. plastic is to insulator
What is D. plastic is to insulator
100
Which is an example of a learned behavior? A. left-handness in a person B. a racoon eating trash C. an opossum lying still when it feels threatened D. an arctic fox turning white in the winter
What is B. a racoon eating trash
100
From what structure do vertebrates get their name? A. skull B. backbone C. number of legs D. ribs
What is B. backbone
200
Which of the following is found in plant cells but not in animal cells? A. cell membrane B. chloroplast C. nucleus D. mitochondria
What is B. chloroplast
200
Which of these land forms were LEAST affected by erosion? A. mesa B. plain C. canyon D. sand spit
What is B. plain
200
Two balloons move closer when they are placed close together. What is the BEST explanation? A. They have mixed charges. B. They have the same charge. C. They have opposite charges. D. They are uncharged.
What is C. They have opposite charges.
200

_____ is the control center of the cell where all the genetic material can be found. A. Vacuole B. Nucleus C. Cell Wall D.Ribosomes

What is the Nucleus?

200
Which landform is carved by running water? A. sand dune B. canyon C. mountain D. hill
What is B. canyon
300
Which of the following is a beneficial microorganism? A. staph bacteria that causes boils B. mold that produces penicillin C. algae that causes red tide D. fungus that causes ringworm
What is B. mold that produces penicillin
300

Which landform is not built by a constructive force? A. delta B. canyon C. sand dune D.  volcano

What is B. canyon

300
Which of the following types of magnets can be switched off when magnetic attraction is not needed? A. bar magnet B. magnetic field C. electromagnet D. static magnet
What is C. electromagnet
300
When hydrogen and oxygen react they explode and form water. What kind of change is that? A. physical B. chemical C. both physical and chemical D. neither physical or chemical
What is B. chemical
300
What characteristics help scientist classify an organism as an animal? A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things. B. It is made up of many cells and absorbs food from its surroundings. C. It is made up of one cell and makes its own food. D. It is made up of many cells and makes its own food.
What is A. It is made up of many cells and feeds on other living or once living things.
400

Which group is is warm-blooded? A. reptiles B. mammals C. amphibians D. turtles

What are mammals

400

What is it called when rock is broken down then CARRIED to a new location by wind, water, or ice? A. Weathering B. Erosion C. Desposition D. Sand Dune

What is Erosion?

400
A student measures the mass of a whole orange. He cuts up the orange and measures the mass again. What is TRUE about the orange's mass before and after it was cut up? A. It was greater when it was whole. B. It is greater in pieces. C. It is the same whole or cut up. D. It is less when it is a whole.
What is C. It is the same whole or cut up.
400

Where can you find the chlorophyll in a cell? A. Cell Membrane B. Cell wall C. Chloroplast D. Photosynthesis 

What is the Chloroplast?

400
What does an electromagnet have that a bar magnet does not have? A. electric field B. coil of wire C. magnetic poles D. magnetic field
What is B. coil of wire
500

Which pair is warm blooded? A. mammals and amphibians B. mammals and fish C. mammals and reptiles D. mammals and birds

What are mammals and birds

500
What happens to a river when slow moving water deposits sediment on its bottom? A. The river changes course. B. The river becomes narrower. C. The river becomes deeper. D. The river becomes shallower.
What is D. The river becomes shallower.
500
As the temperature of water increases from 0 degrees C to 100 degrees C, what changes of state does it pass through - going from coldest to hottest? A. ice, water vapor, liquid water B. liquid water, ice, water vapor C. water vapor, ice, liquid water D. ice, liquid water, water vapor
What is D. ice, liquid water, water vapor
500

What are two organelles that animal cells have that plant cells do not? A. Nucleus and Cell Wall B. Photosynthesis and Sun light C. Chloroplast and Cell Wall D. Cell Wall and Cytoplasm

What is Chloroplast?

500

What is the correct order of the weathering? A. Deposition, Erosion, Weathering B. Weathering, Deposition, Erosion C. Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

What is weathering, erosion, deposition